media

Spotify Tests Out ‘Smart Player’ For In-Car Use
Spotify Tests Out ‘Smart Player’ For In-Car Use
April 13, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

It’s hard to know how much the pandemic will cut into this summer’s road trips or curb Americans’ commutes. However it turns out, Spotify wants...

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Netflix Pilots Old-School Weekly Alternative To Binge-Watching
Netflix Pilots Old-School Weekly Alternative To Binge-Watching
March 24, 2021  |  Streaming

Netflix, the streaming service that started the concept of binge-watching, is planning to trial an old-fashioned way of viewing television shows — weekly episodes, according...

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Subscriptions In Prime Time: Amazon Scores NFL Deal
Subscriptions In Prime Time: Amazon Scores NFL Deal
March 22, 2021  |  Amazon Entertainment

Starting in 2023, Amazon will be handing over somewhere in the neighborhood of a cool billion a year to the NFL for the exclusive rights...

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Streaming Services Compete In A Crowded Subscription Race
Streaming Services Compete In A Crowded Subscription Race
March 15, 2021  |  Subscriptions

Remember the old joke about how cable offered the opportunity to have over 200 hundred channels of nothing to watch? As of today, that joke...

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Paris Hilton And iHeartMedia Debut Podcast And Social Commerce Platform
Paris Hilton And iHeartMedia Debut Podcast And Social Commerce Platform
February 07, 2021  |  Social Commerce

The original Hollywood influencer and the world’s largest podcast publisher have teamed up to introduce the fast-growing world of audio to quick, social media-style morsels...

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Sundance 2021: Netflix, Amazon Underscore Value Of Streaming Platforms
Sundance 2021: Netflix, Amazon Underscore Value Of Streaming Platforms
January 28, 2021  |  Innovation

Each January for the past 40 years, throngs of celebrities, directors and studio executives have braved the biting cold of Utah winters to pack the...

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Walmart’s Media Business Gets New Name, Grows Advertising Offerings
Walmart’s Media Business Gets New Name, Grows Advertising Offerings
January 28, 2021  |  Retail

Walmart introduced an extended purview and name for its media business, which was previously called Walmart Media Group and is now known as Walmart Connect....

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Livestream Goes Mainstream As New Players Try To Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
Livestream Goes Mainstream As New Players Try To Teach An Old Dog New Tricks
January 27, 2021  |  Innovation

Given that live television news and sports have been a household staple since the 1950s, pay-per-view dates back to the ’80s, and online media services...

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Media Bargaining Code Could End Google Search In Australia
Media Bargaining Code Could End Google Search In Australia
January 22, 2021  |  Internet of Things

Google is threatening to pull out of Australia if the proposed news media bargaining code — which is designed to benefit news organizations — becomes...

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